Kylie Minogue says she thinks 'there's an element' of her in Lady Gaga

By Anthony Benigno

|Daily News Writer|

Jun 16, 2010 | 7:56 AM

Aussie songstress Kylie Minogue says she played a role in Lady Gaga's style. (Photos courtesy BBook.com)

Kylie Minogue is drawing comparisons between her career and Lady Gaga's - let's hope she doesn't get flipped off for it.

As part of an earlier generation of dance-music hitmakers, the Aussie songstress believes she's played a part in molding the current queen's image and musical style.

"I think there's an element of me in her," Minogue told Blackbook magazine in its June issue. The singer poses in a variety of Gaga-esque slashed and shoulder padded swim suits to drive the point home.

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The 42-year-old pop diva also feels that her own songs -- including her 1987 cover of "The Loco-Motion" and 2001's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" -- helped push the dance scene into its current more popular incarnation, which now includes Gaga.

"It's all part of a chain," she says. "In as much as dance music has gone mainstream, I'd love to think that I've played a part in that."

But there is one thing that Minogue and Gaga do not share and that's their attitude towards nudity. According to the 42-year-old singer, she had a hard time filming an Agent Provocateur TV spot in 2001, which required her to sit on a mechanical bull and simulate orgasm.

"I was so timid about that one," Minogue told Blackbook.com. "I didn't want to take my robe off, but then I passed through this chasm and on the other side of it was a professional who knew what she had to do. Next thing you know, the robe came off and there I was, riding that bull."

It paid off. Although the ad was banned by the BBC, it eventually went viral and got over 300 million hits on YouTube.

Minogue, 42, is hoping to push the envelope even further with her new album, "Aphrodite," which drops on June 30.

The "All the Lovers" singer is not the first artist to associated herself with Gaga.

Christina Aguilera famously bristled at being recently compared to the "Bad Romance" singer. The duo are now considered pop rivals.